ABYC Couples' Fun Race

Sailboats & Powerboats

The 2006 Couples' Fun Race is Saturday, February 18.

• For the sailboats, the racecourse involves the three legs of a triangle using the PHRF race buoys. The specific course will be announced at the Skippers Meeting. Each sailboat starts whenever it wants, with the goal being to cross the finish line as close as possible to 2 p.m. Once she starts the race, each sailboat must sail a proper course, and must keep her sails fully hoisted and her anchors fully out of the water.
• For the powerboats, the goal is to predict which sailboats will place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The three best predictions win the powerboat part of the event. A powerboat may subsequently revise its predictions, and conceivably can win more than one of three prizes if the previous and revised predictions place among the best three. All predictions must be communicated by VHF to the race committee at least five minutes prior to the scheduled end of the race. If more than one boat submits the same prediction, ties will be broken by favoring the earlier received prediction.
• Any type of powerboat and sailboat may participate in the race as long at she can safely navigate the racecourse. Powerboats can use whatever electronics they wish. Sailboats may use no electronics other than VHF.
• Powerboats can go wherever they want, but naturally must be courteous and follow right-of-way rules. The committee boat will be at the finish line when sailboats finish, but not necessarily before then. The committee boat will compete in the race as a powerboat.
• It is the responsibility of the occupants of each boat (power and sail) to convince the race committee that their boat has some multiple of “a couple” onboard. Creative arguments are welcomed.

Entry fee is $10 per boat, which will be charged to the skipper’s ABYC account. For sailboats and powerboats, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes are a bottle of quality champagne, a bottle of excellent wine, and a six-pack of beer. The skippers’ meeting is in the clubhouse the day of the race at 10:30 a.m.

Race participants and non-participants alike are invited to meet for dinner at 7 p.m. that evening at the Riverside by the Bay Restaurant where race prizes will be awarded and stories told. A separate room has been reserved for ABYC. Phone (386-7363) Susan Wilhelm for your dinner reservation. Contact Darlene or Al Oosterhof (926-8962) for any further information related to the race.

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